Chapter 21 No.21

The opening of the wondrous tome

Was like the opening of a door

Into a vast and pictured dome,

Crowded, from vaulted roof to floor,

With secrets of her life and home.

To be like Philip was to be

Another Philip-only less!

To win his wit in full degree

Would bear to him but nothingness,

From one no wiser grown than he!

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